Ian McLean (footballer)
Appearance
Ian McLean | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 27 August 1929 | ||
Place of birth | Bendigo, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 23 March 1965 | (aged 35)||
Place of death | Chadstone, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | South Bendigo (BFL) | ||
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1951–1960 | Melbourne | 146 (29) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1960. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Ian McLean (27 August 1929 – 23 March 1965) was an Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League, (VFL).
Family
[edit]The son of Alexander Leonard McLean (1887–1956),[1] and Elsie May McLean (1888–1961), née Robertson, Ian McLean was born at Bendigo, Victoria on 27 August 1929.
He married Rita Joan Driver in 1955.
Football
[edit]Ian McLean played in Melbourne premiership teams in 1955, 1957 and 1959, and well as the runner-up side of 1954. Courageous, quick both over the ground and in terms of reflexes, and a smooth ball handler, McLean, who hailed from Bendigo, played a total of 146 VFL games and booted 29 goals for the Demons between 1951 and 1960.
Death
[edit]He died at his residence in Chadstone, Victoria on 23 March 1965.[2][3]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ian McLean.
- Ian McLean's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Ian McLean at AustralianFootball.com
- Ian McLean at Demonwiki.
- Ian McLean at Boyles Football Photos.